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  2. Details of TrumpRx that I missed https://www.wsj.com/health/pharma/trumprx-drug-companies-blinkrx-2b6e1761?st=m2dFxX&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
  3. Big Gabi when asked who is the most skillful in training: ”Max Dowman. He’s unbelievable. I’ve never seen anyone like him.” https://www.reddit.com/r/Gunners/s/MgIT5XwDfN
  4. WH using vids and pics from red states in their attempt to show Chicago in disarray:
  5. And the cult members don't mind the, ahem, off-the-field issues.
  6. Sorry, saw my chance to join the surly meme reference gang and had to take it.
  7. People love to say serving isn't that difficult. You know what is difficult? Actually winning a point on serve. In men's volleyball it's way worse because they hit so much harder, but even in women's volleyball the serving team only wins the point about 40% of the time. Against good teams that can plummet to 30% or lower. I would argue that serving effectively is the single most important competitive advantage a team can have. It's not the only advantage, or else a program like Indiana whose head coach emphasizes serving (as an example Texas' defensive specialist Ramsay Gary rarely served for Indiana as their #1 libero because of her lollipops, even though she's very good at keeping her serves in the court - her serves aren't difficult as you say, that's for sure). And yet Indiana struggles to make the tournament most years, and is very mid to bottom of the conference in the Big 10. That's just an easy example. When Texas won the national championships in 2022 and 2023, their tough serving across all 6 rotations was a big reason why. Not the only reason, mind you, but I'd argue the biggest reason simply because that was the biggest gap between Texas personnel and their opponents. In 2023 in particular, they practically served Stanford, Wisconsin, and Nebraska off the court. But it wasn't because it was so easy. It's because serving tough is so hard, but Texas was very good at it. Texas is not as good this year at serving. Maybe they can be, but I don't think so. We just don't have the potential lineup for it across the 6 rotations. Stafford is awesome. Halter is very effective. But after that there's a dropoff. I like Swindle's serve, but statistically it's one of the worst on the team in terms of scoring on her service rotation. I feel like Gary rarely gets the opponent out of system. She has a pretty good short serve where she gets it in no man's land closer to the net, but if she's not accurate with it the opponent ends up with all 3 options on attack, which is extremely difficult to defend regardless of opponent. I'm not a huge fan of Kujundzic's serve. Spears is working on a top spin serve (where the server jumps real high and then sends it to the other side with extreme velocity) but she rarely breaks it out in matches because it's not reliable enough, yet. Her float serve is fine, but still has work to do. Binney comes in and serves with the double sub Elliott often employs. Again, her serve is fine but it's nothing to write home about. Miller also has a top spin serve that she dials down with its aggressiveness simply to better ensure she keeps it in court, but she's in a battle with Kujundzic to see whose serve is actually more effective, so not even sure she's going to be a real option or not. Also in the Alabama match the Crimson Tide had issues keeping their serve in as well. The real culprit in that match was attack errors and the inability to be terminal, specifically in the first set loss. The service errors were 6 to 5, whereas the hitting percentage was .000 for Texas (Texas currently ranks #4 in the country with .304, and ended up hitting .385, .366, and .237 in the next 3 sets). Bottom line, I don't worry about service errors with this team as much as I'm concerned about the ability to get high quality opponents out of system consistently when at the service line. Won't matter against most opponents, but once teams make it to the Elite Eight and beyond, they're going up against one of the top 8 teams in the country. That's where it matters. If you can't get an elite opponent out of system with your serve, you're not going to win many points from the service line. If they're able to do the teeniest better job of that, they win the set and eventually the match. A good test of that will be A&M and Kentucky. Kentucky has a really good shot at being a regional host. May even be seeded above Texas if they can beat them in Austin. They have the best OH duo in the country, a candidate for freshman setter of the year in Texas native O'Brien, and they're extremely well coached. I don't think A&M is going to be a top 8 team unless they can beat Texas in College Station, but they're right up there on the cusp. Get those two teams out of system from the service line consistently, it shows we have a real chance when it gets deep in the tournament. If we can't, it shows a critical issue that hopefully can get addressed to some degree, although the options to do so are a bit limited.
  8. OU reporters are saying that OT Simmons is a go for Saturday against South Carolina. Dude couldn't walk on his own this past Saturday, but he's going to be out there at full speed this coming weekend. Either he's a complete pussy or this is a Jerry Schmidt special. Also, OU has never scored more than 2 offensive touchdowns against an SEC opponent since joining the conference. There's a shot that that holds true into the winter break.
  9. It certainly helps with HS recruiting but probably doesn't matter with the transfer portal. Anyway here's an article that talks about how Penn State crumbled. tl;dr version - they were tight as a drum coming into the season due to expectations and just imploded after the Oregon loss. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/46607047/college-football-james-franklin-departure-penn-state
  10. That's certainly going to confuse your mom.
  11. We're already there. Can't use race for college admissions (DEI!!!!) but can use race for racial profiling by ICE.
  12. I know there is a reason Hutson is starting over Robertson, but I didn't really see an appreciable difference when he had to come in earlier in the season. Baxter... holy shit man. Heal!
  13. That reminds me that I have a frozen Perini tenderloin that somebody gifted me awhile back that probably needs eatin'.
  14. You can rub my steak and I’ll only charge you half.
  15. It’s in the Marigny, not the Quarter, and I’ve always heard good things about things but I’d say it’s on the trendier side of hotels. Elysian Bar is cool. But yes if you are hanging uptown it’s a trek back at night.
  16. I meant Brits, sorry
  17. Am I the only one who didn't know that Red Five was gay? #nttawwt
  18. Hopefully, five years away have reinvigorated them because it seemed to be a shell of it's former glorious self the last time or two I went. Couldn't beat the location or the ambiance -- just unmatched -- so wonder how this will go.
  19. Yesterday about 15 miles from the DIA we had insane fog. Apparently it was just our few mile radius. Must have moved to the airport this morning.
  20. The Cloak Room with children. You’re a bold man. I love eating at Matt’s after the game. Hopefully that’s a night game.
  21. I've got some good video of a few posters here at Penick and Hancock.
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